Washing-machine



(ModeL) I. GERARD '& P. TREMBLAY.

WASHING MAGHINE. No. 246,749;

Patented Sept. 6, 1881.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ISIDORE GERARD AND PETER TREMBLAY, OF NEWTON, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,749, datedSeptember 6, 1881. Application filed March 15, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ISIDORE GERARD and PETER TREMBLAY, of Newton, inthe county of Harvey and State of Kansas, have invented a newImprovement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved washing-machinewhich is simple in construction and convenient and effective in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of our inventionwith the cover removed, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of thesame, taken on line 00 m of Fig. 1.

A represents the body or water-reservoir of the machine, which isrectangular in form and supported upon suitable legs, B B, ateachcorner. Journaled in the boxes 0 0, formed on the side boards of thereservoir A, is the shaft D, which carries the cylinder E, which latteris formed of the circular end disks, F F. and the rollers ff, which areloosely pivoted to and between the disks at equal distances from thecenters thereof, as shown. The circular disks are tied together withinthe series of rollers on opposite sides of the shaft by the bars 0 e.The ends of the shaft D are provided with the cranks G G, through whichmotion is imparted to the cylinder E by means of the foot-levers H,which are pivoted at h h to the rear legs of the machine, near thefloor, and connected to the cranks by the pitmen J J, and connectedtogether in front of the machine by the footboa-rd K, and one end of theshaft is provided, also, with the fly-wheel L.

The wash-board is formed of the bent bars a n, which are hinged topieces n n at the front of the reservoir, and the board N, which isscrewed or otherwise secured to the bent bars in such manner as to forma concave portion, N, immediately under the cylinder. The

wash-board is vertically adjustable by means of the rocking bar or shaftP, which isjournalcd in the sides of the reservoir in rear of thecylinder and attached to the cross-bar d of the wash-board by thehorizontal arm 1) and hooked connecting-Hake. The shaftPis moved toadjust the board by means of the vertical arm p and the operating-rod R,which is pivoted to the arm 19, and extends to the front of the machine,and is provided near the front end with the offset 8, which engages withthe notched rack T, secured to the side of the res ervoir. By this meansthe adjustmentot' the board is under the instant control of the personusing the machine, and can be adjusted with every variation in size ofthe garments or articles being washed.

The top of the reservoir is covered with the removable cover S, whichprevents the water in the reservoir being splashed out, and it isprovided with the hinged door W near the rear end, as shown.

Though we have described our invention as being operated by loot-power,it'is obvious thatit might be operated by steam or horse power, in whichcase suitable pulleys would be attached to the shaft D and thefoot-operating mechanism would be dispensed with.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a pivoted bed of a washing-machine, of the rockingbar P, the cross-bar d, the armsp 1), the hook-link c, and the rod 1%,pivoted to said armp, whereby the pivoted bed may be readily adjusted bythe operator, as described.

ISIDORE GERARD. PETER TREMBLAY. Witnesses:

FELIX P. SWEMBERGH, FRANK ZURCHER.

